PREMIUM TIMES The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has called for a probe into the utilisation of the N20 billion emergency funds allegedly expended by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on projects in the state in the last six…
CHANNELS TV The Federal Government has arraigned the convener of #RevolutionNow Protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Sowore, the publisher of online news platform Sahara Reporters, will be arraigned alongside his co-defendant, Mr Olawale Bakare. The duo…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa Three hippie-like and unconventional leaders of the world: Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu; American President, Donald Trump and British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson are occupying the centre stage of world politics. While Netanyahu, staring electoral defeat,…
POLITICS NIGERIA Security personnel, including officers from the Department of State Services (DSS) and the police, have taken over the Bayelsa House of Assembly. Before the deployment of heavy security, sporadic gunshots were heard within the premises of the state…
SUN NEWS Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Henry Dickson, has accused the Nigeria AGIP Oil Company of outsourcing terrorism to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief David Lyon, through pipeline security and surveillance contracts. He alleged that some oil…
THE NATION Minister of State for Petroleum Timipre Sylva has urged Niger Delta communities to allow peace for investment to thrive. Sylva and the Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mele Kyari spoke when they visited host…
RIPPLES NIGERIA Chief Don Evarada, a former aide to Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has been condemned for rating the administration of the incumbent leader of the state low. According to the Youths from the Bayelsa State chapter of the…
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly Speaker, Tonye Emmanuel Isenah is said to have declared his readiness to exit his position. It was learnt that Isenah made his decision known in a resignation letter on Friday, where he indicated that…
PUNCH Niger Delta activist, Annkio Briggs, has called on the National Assembly to name contractors of the Niger Delta Development Commission behind hundreds of abandoned projects in the nine oil-producing states. Briggs, who made the call on Thursday, said it…
PUNCH Ogoni youths, under the aegis of Ogoni Youth Federation, have written to the United States of America and the United Kingdom seeking their intervention in the cleanup of polluted Ogoni communities in Rivers State. The communities have been affected…